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    The surname Chancey

    A surname, carried by 4,111 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C520

    Chancey: #8,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chancey #8,055, 4,111 people Chancey: #8,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chancey #8,055, 4,111 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chancey is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,111 people named Chancey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,102 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,804.

    #8,055
    rank among US surnames
    4,111
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,040)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,046Copenhaver4,11375,066
    #8,049Rabon4,11275,084
    #8,055Fant4,11175,102
    #8,060Ginsberg4,11075,121

    Who is named Chancey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Chancey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chancey

    Chancey has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chancey?
    4,111 people in the United States had the surname Chancey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,102 Americans. It ranked 8,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chancey?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Chancey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Chancey getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,111 in 2010, up 8.1%.